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Born in 1918 in a small village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Mandela witnessed firsthand the injustices of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. Despite facing adversity from an early age, Mandela pursued education, becoming the first member of his family to attend school and later studying law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand.
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Central Mali has been plagued by violence and insecurity caused by numerous armed groups that operate in the region. In the past week, the situation has escalated as around a hundred civilians traveling in at least three buses were taken hostage by armed men. The hostages were taken into a forest located between Bandiagara and Bankass, which is a central region of the country.

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Tragedy struck off the coast of Djibouti, claiming the lives of at least 21 people in a fatal migrant boat disaster. This marks the second such disaster in two weeks off the Horn of Africa nation, which is located on the perilous Eastern Migration Route from Africa to the Middle East. The vessel was carrying mainly Ethiopian migrants from Yemen when it went down on Monday night off Godoria in northeastern Djibouti.

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Kenyan residents in various parts of the country are suffering heavy losses due to ongoing floods destroying their properties. The Kenyan government sounded an alarm last week after water from Masinga Dam spilled out, which is the largest water reservoir for power production in the country. The dam has surpassed its capacity of 1056.5 cubic meters.

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In a bold move that has stirred international controversy, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amidst a heated dispute over the import of hunting trophies. The African leader has criticized the German government, particularly the environment ministry, for its stance on trophy imports, citing Botswana's & "overpopulation" of elephants as justification for his threat.

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